Southampton 1-2 Doncaster Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 17 January 2009

Result

Southampton 1-2 Doncaster Rovers

Championship · Saturday 17 January 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Southampton · Doncaster Rovers · Championship predictions

Southampton 1-2 Doncaster Rovers: match report

Southampton were beaten by Doncaster Rovers 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 17 January 2009. It was 0-0 at half-time.

M. Woods opened the scoring in the 46th minute. Southampton's goal came from M. Saganowski (90'). Doncaster Rovers scored through M. Woods (46') and James Coppinger (81').

Discipline: Southampton received 3 yellow cards; Doncaster Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Southampton were 22nd on 26 points from 27 and Doncaster Rovers 23rd on 24 points from 26. Southampton went on to finish that season 23rd with 45 points, and Doncaster Rovers 14th with 58.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Southampton win, 0 draws and 0 for Doncaster Rovers.

Going into the match Southampton's last five read W-D-L-L-L and Doncaster Rovers's W-W-L-L-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · J. ChambersDoncaster Rovers
  • 43'Yellow card · Andrew SurmanSouthampton
  • 46'Goal · M. WoodsDoncaster Rovers · 0-1
  • 47'Yellow card · M. WoodsDoncaster Rovers
  • 59'Yellow card · Jan-Paul SaeijsSouthampton
  • 81'Goal · James CoppingerDoncaster Rovers · 0-2
  • 90'Goal · M. SaganowskiSouthampton · 1-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Bradley Wright-PhillipsSouthampton

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Southampton 1, draws 0, Doncaster Rovers 0.

Team news

Southampton expected line-up

Antti Niemi, Claus Lundekvam, Danny Higginbotham, Paul Telfer, Anders Svensson, Fabrice Fernandes, David Prutton, Kevin Phillips, Rory Delap